distortus
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
distortus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from distorqueo.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
distortus,¹³ a, um,
1 part. de distorqueo
2 adjt, tortu, contrefait, difforme : Cic. de Or. 2, 266 ; Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 ; distortissimus Cic. Mur. 61 || entortillé [en parl. du style] : nihil distortius Cic. Fato 16, rien de plus contourné.
Latin > German (Georges)
distortus, a, um, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. distorqueo), I) verdreht, verzerrt, verwachsen, crura, Hor.: vultus distortus, Quint., distortissimus, Apul.: corpus, Quint.: distortā lineamentorum compage, mit verzerrten Gesichtszügen, Amm.: u. so personae distortis oribus deformes, Varro LL.: manibus pedibusque articulari morbo distortissimis, Suet.: neutr. subst., distorto distortius, Hieron. epist. 132, 14. – v. Pers., dist. Gallus, Cic.: solos sapientes esse, si distortissimi sint, formosos, Cic. – Plur. subst., pumili atque distorti, Zwerge u. Verwachsene, Suet. Aug. 83. – II) übtr., verkehrt, verschroben, a) rhet., nullum (genus enuntiandi) distortius, Cic. de fato 16. – b) moralisch, pravi et distorti, Augustin. conf. 5, 12: haereticorum distorta versutia, Cassiod. in psalm. 118, 7.
